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Caseificio Sabelli turns 100, more business and new acquisitions

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It was 1921 when Nicolangelo Sabelli founded in Bojano, Molise, the dairy that bears the family name and it was 1950 when his son Archimede decided to move it to the Marche. One hundred years of growth, marked by 4 generational passages within a family that has always remained the most important pillar of the business. One hundred years celebrated by a commercial on national networks, the first in the history of the company, completely shot in the Marche region, to testify an inseparable link with the territory between past and future.

Sabelli’s present is well described by the numbers: 4 production sites, 8 distribution platforms, 4 brands, 165 thousand tons of fresh milk processed per year, 550 employees and collaborators and 200 million revenues in 2020, with an Ebitda that is close to 18 million, confirming a continuous growth trend, which will also be confirmed at the end of 2021 (+ 5% is the estimated turnover). Numbers on which the pandemic has had a minimal effect thanks to the recent reorganization by business areas: the sharp slowdown in catering, one of the main sales channels, has resulted in greater demand in large-scale retail outlets, starting with multipack mozzarella. «And between positive and negative signs, the consolidated balance sheet held up», says Simone Mariani, who leads the company together with his cousin Angelo Galeati, satisfied. The two CEOs are the grandchildren of the almost centennial Archimede Sabelli, now honorary president of the group, who insists on reminding them “to remain faithful to the art of cheese-making and to disregard the logic of price”.

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The growth was also possible due to a series of acquisitions, which from 2010 to 2018 concerned the O’Hara dairy from Teramo, Trevisanalat from Treviso, Ekolat in Slovenia and the Genoese dairy Val d’Aveto, the latest arrival in order of time and which after entering the orbit Sabelli doubled the production of yogurt. «Precisely the very positive net financial position could open up new opportunities for us to strengthen the external growth strategy – anticipates Mariani – removing, at least in the short term, the possibility of listing on the stock exchange».

Above one of the factories

The group, which since 1978 has its headquarters and 350 employees in Ascoli Piceno, is today a consolidated reality in the quality fresh cheese market: it is the third national pole in the production of mozzarella (the Trevisanalat plant alone has a turnover of 70 million) and is the only wholly Italian-owned, and is a leader in the burrata (14% of national production) and stracciatella (31.5%) segments.

“They are high-profile products, whose demand is constantly growing and represent an emotional gratification for the consumer due to their freshness and quality of the raw material” and with which to build a strategy of penetration abroad, which today is worth the 12% of the group’s total turnover. The goal is to quickly reach 30% with Europe, especially Eastern Europe, which represents a good opportunity: “Many are aiming for France, but I am convinced that there are good business opportunities elsewhere”, he says. the CEO, who winks especially at the quality catering segment.

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